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Andre Morell (Actor), Barbara Shelley (Actor), John Gilling (Director) Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Andre Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas, Freda Jackson, Conrad Phillips
  • Directors: John Gilling
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Final Cut Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 19 May 2014
  • Run Time: 79 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00IORRBN0
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,426 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Released for the first time in UK!

A female house cat sees her mistress murdered by her husband and two servants, and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • With Reversible Sleeve featuring both original UK & USA artwork

  • 16.9 4/3 format

  • Shadowplay:Inside the Shadow of the Cat

  • "Catastrophy"-(Audio from Ian Scoones, Special Effects Assistant)

  • Extensive Stills Gallery

  • Theatrical Trailer

  • English Subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing

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5.0 out of 5 starsI LOVE THIS MOVIE!
By Daniel Clemetson on 28 Sept. 2014
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What an excellent film! I saw this first on the TV about 25 years ago, on channel 4, late on a Friday night, and it stuck with me ever since. A faithful cat witnesses the murder of its mistress, and exacts feline revenge against the perpetrators - one by one!. An old, dark house, set in the English countryside, dastardly deeds and feuding family members, and a clever Tabby cat that outwits them all as they become increasingly paranoid about its presence - GREAT!
This is the type of movie to watch late at night or on a cold winter Sunday - you know, that type of atmospheric movie. I know, a few reviews don't rate it too highly, but for me, this is an entertaining romp of a movie, All the actors are good, the cat I LOVE, a rambling old country house set in the woods - and a wicked ending!
The dvd picture quality is clear and pleasing, no issues at all for me, so much better than my old vhs tape of this, but then it would be I suppose. Sound is fine also, clear and crisp.
A film I will watch over and over again - a joy!
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4.0 out of 5 starsSHADOW OF THE CAT from FINAL CUT
By A. W. Wilson TOP 500 REVIEWER on 14 Jun. 2014
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It is a little bit surprising that such a "forgotten" film attracts such quality reviews here on Amazon. But the fact is this DVD deserves a wide audience. It's a good story. Good photography, clear B/W picture and sound (4.3 ratio - More below on that). A good cast of reliable actors led by Barbara Shelley (looking wonderful as usual), Andre Morell, and Vanda Godsell and many others. The cat is good too. I am not usually a fan of "Extras", but Final Cut give us a very illuminating doc on the background and history that I found most interesting, even tho some of it is covered in the many books on "Hammer". "FilmboyChris" makes a point about the ratio...4.3 always puzzles me. It just doesnt seem to reflect my memory of cinema showings of "standard" ratio films, and in the documentary there are clips from the film in a slightly larger, more realistic ratio. I would honestly love someone ("Filmboy"?) to explain all the different ratios and why they vary so much. I digress. A fine example of early(ish) British horror circa 1961. Highly recomened for fans of said films.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHammer rarity gets it's first DVD release.
By filmboychris on 20 May 2014
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This is a very hard to find title, since it is rarely shown on UK TV, and has never had a video or DVD release before now.

Released by Final Cut, who have had a lot of criticism on their other Hammer titles, this is not bad at all.

Since they could not source a master of HD quality, they have chosen to release this as a DVD only, which is fair enough.

The print is fully uncut, and has the Universal opening and closing logos.

Quality wise, it looks like a decent enough copy, with good contrast and clarity.
There are speckles here and there, which is to be expected from a 50 year old film of this type, and you can spot some graininess in the night scenes, a few of which look worse than others, but generally this is a good presentation.
It looks like this may be a TV print, as the side cropping is too tight, and I compared it to my VHS recording from Channel 4 from years ago, which was in widescreen, and that had more information on the right side of the picture, and a little more on the left. The top and bottom of the frame look identical though. So I guess the purists out there will grumble that it isn't the right framing ( I am guessing it was 1:66:1 for this period, but it doesn't mean we miss anything vital to the action, or have heads and chins cut off. Just a little side information is lost.

The menu is simple enough, but strangely has the opening music to Hammer's Brides of Dracula, as it's backing track?! Perhaps they thought it fitted the tone of the film more dramatically than the original score by Mikis Theodorakis, although you do get to hear this in the extras, playing over the photo gallery.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsShadow of the Cat
By Erica on 10 July 2014
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It's now one of my favorite movies with a cat as the protagonist, sort of reminiscent of a couple of Stephen King films I have watched.
Since it was a Region 2 (PAL) disc, I am lucky enough to own a couple of All-Region DVD Players to watch it on.
I hate to say it, "I LOVE CATS!" and any movie with them in it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA real gem, and a bargain to boot!
By Jim N. on 30 May 2014
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No need to describe the plot, the other reviews give great detail. I just would like to say this disc looks great, and the extra's are
amazing for a disc this inexpensive. I would highly recommend this to any Hammer fan. Thank you Final Cut.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAt last the UK debut of an old classic film
By Sarah on 25 May 2014
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I can only remember ever seeing "Shadow of the Cat" once before, many, many years ago I believe on BBC2.
To my knowledge its never been released in UK format on its own on DVD before (although I have seen it for sale as a double feature DVD with "Cat Girl" by Insignia Films probably as they both had 'Cat' in the title and both starred the 'Queen of Scream' herself Barbara Shelley - Although I think this is actually a US released DVD that was NOT region locked)

Its an interesting ongoing argument as to whether Shadow of the Cat is an official Hammer Films release, at the time Hammer had a distribution agreement with Columbia Pictures - but were allowed to make and release the odd other film thru other distributers. ( Shadow of the Cat was distributed by Universal Pictures) To get around this they created a shell company BHP Films and it is they that appear on the credits and all marketing and NOT Hammer hence why there is the argument that it is not a true Hammer film.
Interestingly and on the side of the argument that this is a 'true' Hammer film Colombia originally commissioned a film about the Spanish Inquisition to be made by Hammer and sets were made in the Bray Studios back lot for this film before Columbia pulled the plug, in an effort to recoup the money already spent Hammer re-used these sets to make TWO films as a double feature release with Universal Pictures, The Curse of the Werewolf ( which was already on the slate as Werewolf of Paris - but name changed and reset in Spain to use the already made sets on the back lot) and a cheap (it only cost £81,000) 'B' movie "The Shadow of the Cat" a entrant in the 'old dark house' genre of films.Read more ›
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